I completely agree.
I have never been unemployed, ever. My parents instilled in me to work; work; work. I have been made redundant in the past; I’ve done temporary work that has come to an end etc, but the very next day I was off out with my CV in my bag and I visited every temping agency in the city and didn’t go home until I had a job lined up. I’ve done loads of “stop gap” jobs .. including Royal Mail! I remember one temporary job where a cupboard was opened and inside was floor to ceiling papers. My task was to file it all - utter shite work and my heart sank, but I was earning. I left home at 18 and had bought my first flat by the time I was 19. I had a great home life too, I didn’t leave home because it was crap there, I left because I was an adult and that’s what adults do!
I’ve got a great job now which I’ve been in for 10 years and I’m earning good money but if I was made redundant on Friday I would be out looking for work on Monday and I would take whatever I could get. I would clean toilets, I would work nights stocking the shelves in Asda. Anything! Because my parents instilled in me to roll my sleeves up and work hard as that’s the only way you get anywhere in life.
I can remember when I was 17 and still living at home, I didn’t like the college course I was on so decided to leave. My mum said to me “it’s your life, what you want to do, but you are NOT lazing around the house doing nothing!”. So off I went and didn’t come home until I’d landed a job, in Debenhams. I worked until September to tide me over until I started a different college course. My parents never took any rent, it was my money, it was my deposit for my first flat.
I really think the Brit School was a bad idea lol. What a waste of time. The fact she still harps on about it now, with zero embarrassment that nothing came from it, says it all. She definitely thinks many jobs are beneath her.
The longer she is out of work, the harder it is going to get for her.
The first question she is going to get at any interview is “tell us what you’ve been doing for the last xxxxx months since you were made redundant?”
They want to hear:
I studied and did xxx courses
I did voluntary work
I took a temporary job as a stop gap
They do not want to hear, I took 2,598 photos of my obese half naked body and posted them publicly on social media. You see, there’s motivational Monday, transformation Tuesday, weightloss Wednesday etc ...... and I spent my time posting photos of my mound to strangers. I also actively posted on Snapchat and my online dating profiles.
Next candidate please!!!!